Brahmanbaria, Aug 04 – At least eight people, including two women, were injured in a clash at Paschimpara Walishah Mazar area in Nabinagar municipality on Monday afternoon over a trifling matter.
Category: Crime
Smuggled goods worth Tk 504 mn seized in July
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives recovered drugs and other smuggled goods worth Tk 504 million from the bordering areas of the country in the month of July.
21 cops suspended over killing of ex-Army major in Teknaf
Dhaka, Aug 02 – The authorities on Sunday suspended 21 police officers, including the in-charge, of Baharchhara police outpost in connection with the killing of a retired Major of Bangladesh Army on Marine Drive road in Teknaf.
Statue smashing – Heroes, values and racism
By Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 29 2020 (IPS) – On Friday the 24th of June, President Trump announced he was skipping a weekend at his New Jersey golf resort to ”ensure law and order in Washington”, tweeting:I just had…
Dhaka Pallabi Police Station blast: Three on 14-day remand
Dhaka, July 30 – Three people arrested in connection with an explosion inside the Pallabi Police Station that left four cops injured, were put on 14-day remand by a Dhaka court on Thursday.The accused Rafikul Islam, Shahidul Islam and Mosharraf…
59 members of ‘dope gangs’ arrested in Dhaka
Detectives in separate drives arrested 59 members of ‘dope gangs’ from different parts of the capital on Thursday.Police also recovered foods mixed with sedatives and knives from their possession, said DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Md Walid Hossain.Among the arrestees, 16…
Black lives matter in Europe too
by Khaled Diab on 27th July 2020 @DiabolicalIdeaNo one should be smug about racism in Europe. Here too there is a toxic interaction between ethnicity, equality and the environment.Although police brutality has claimed too many black lives in America, the…
2 suspected Rohingya Yaba traders killed in Teknaf ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, July 25 – Two suspected Yaba traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh(BGB) in Chhurikhal area of Teknaf Upazila on Friday night.
Woman found hanging in Patuakhali hotel room
Patuakhali, July 24: Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from a hotel room in Patuakhali district town on Friday morning.
UP member, Rohingya man killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Two suspected drug traders, a local Union Parishad member and a Rohingya man, were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Hinla in Teknaf Upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Moulvi Bakhtier alias Bakhtier Uddin, 55, member…
Test report contains signature of dead physician in Barisal!
3 jailed in Barishal, hospital sealed off Barisal, July 19 – A private diagnostic centre in Barishal town has been sealed off after it issued a pathology test report containing the signature of a dead physician.
Rohingya among 3 suspected criminals killed in 3 ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, July 22 (UNB) – Three suspected criminals, including a ‘Rohingya robber’, were killed in separate gunfights with law enforcers and criminals in Cox’s Bazar, Bogura and in the capital early Wednesday.
SI suspended over Chittagong teen suicide
Chittagong, July 21 – Sub-Inspector Helal Khan of Double Mooring Police Station was suspended for provoking a teenage boy to take his own life after harassing two female members of his family during a drive in Agrabad of Chattogram city…
Workers protest racial inequality in US
Workers from the different professions rallied with organised labour on Monday to protest systemic racism and economic inequality.
Columbus statues toppled in the U.S.
By Countercurrents Collective Protesters pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus in Baltimore, the U.S. They threw the statue into the city’s Inner Harbor. Statues of Columbus have also been toppled in cities including Miami; Columbus, Ohio; Richmond, Virginia; St…
Fahim Saleh murder: Haspil pleads not guilty
Pathao co-founder Fahim Saleh’s executive assistant Tyrese Devon Haspil, who has been charged with murdering of the tech entrepreneur in a Manhattan apartment on July 14, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.
Accused in drug case killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, Jul 20 – An accused in a drug case was killed in a reported gunfight with police near Khuruskul bridge in the district town early Monday.
Three held with 3,600 litres of shark oil in Chittagong
Chittagong, July 19 – Three suspected smugglers were detained with a huge amount of shark oil from Cinema Palace area of Chattogram city on Sunday.
Fahim Saleh’s assistant charged with his murder
Fahim Saleh’s executive assistant has been charged with the murder of the tech entrepreneur in a Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, said NYC police.
Fahim Saleh murder: Personal Asst who stole $90,000 held
Dhaka, July 18 – New York police on Friday arrested the personal assistant of Fahim Saleh, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Bangladeshi ride-sharing app Pathao, who was brutally murdered in his own apartment in Manhattan three days back.
Fahim Saleh murder: Police identify ‘person of interest’
New York police on Thursday said they identified a “person of interest” in the murder of young tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh but the suspect was not in custody yet.
4 persons of a family slaughtered in Tangail
Tangail, July 17: Four members of a family have been slaughtered in Modhupur Upazila of Tangail district. On information, police recovered the bodies from a house in Pally Bidyut Road area around 9 am on Friday.
Call Myanmar’s Crimes Genocide, Int’l NGOs Urge Pompeo
WASHINGTON, July 16 ¬– Refugees International announced today that more than 50 NGOs and human rights organizations have signed on to its petition urging U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to call Myanmar’s crimes against the Rohingya what they are:…
Srebrenica: Europe’s largest massacre since World War II
By Alice Tidey Commemorations are being held in Bosnia on Saturday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre — Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War and the only one to be declared a genocide.
Can America halt its decline—and does it want to?
Alan Stoga “We’re shocked, for example, that trains don’t work. We are shocked that the digital infrastructure is not good … America doesn’t not just invest in itself; Americans don’t invest in each other.” — Christine Loh What’s wrong, America?…
Possible financial motive behind Fahim Saleh Murder: Police
The motive behind the murder of young entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, who co-founded Pathao and Gokada, appear to be financial in nature, a senior NYPD official told WBBH on Wednesday.
Suspected robber killed in Noakhali ‘gunfight’
Noakhali, July 16 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion at Sukhchar in Hatia Upazila of Noakhali district early Thursday.
Regent Hospital chairman Shahed arrested
Dhaka, July 15 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested the chairman of Regent Hospital Shahed from Satkhira district early Wednesday over the issuance of fake coronavirus certificates from the hospital.
Suspected Yaba trader killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, July 12 – A suspected yaba trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) early Sunday in Keyali Canal area near No-14 Bridge in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
NYC paints ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural along Trump Tower
New York, Xinhua/UNB, July 10 – A giant, yellow ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural was painted Thursday on New York City’s Fifth Avenue right in front of Trump Tower, a skyscraper that serves as the headquarters for the Trump Organisation.